Computation of synthetic seismograms and their partial derivatives for heterogeneous media with arbitrary natural boundary conditions using the Direct Solution Method

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 421-446

  Geller, Robert J ^a   Ohminato, Takao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct Solution Method; partial derivatives; synthetic seismograms

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SOLUTION METHOD; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; LINEARIZED INVERSION; PARTIAL DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

EID: 0028322794     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb01807.x     Document Type: Article

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